Tuesday, 19 May 2009

New Glass Project At Chez Gloria! - Completed

It's Fiiiiniiished! . . spent the whole afternoon gently shaping it on the grinder and then hand finished all the edges with a very very fine diamond hand pad! . . then spent yonks trying to get a decent photo! . . haven't managed it yet . . so you'll all just have to make do with this one . . anyway I'm bloomin' KO'd now! . . and definitely deserve a really good cuppa . . .

I'll post it separately as a finished piece . . have named it "Sea Foam" . . but it needs a base . . so I'll make one later this week and fully finish it off!

As you can imagine . . I'm very very pleased with the end result! *She says with a huge grin on her face!*

Oh My it is exquisitely beautiful. There are no words really. It reminds me of a beautiful gentle warm lapping wave. I've been following all your blog posts and messages here in crafter...oo and felt really nervous that nothing happens to it. It looks such a careful, fragile process - all your hours of monitoring and nurturing have truly paid off. I've no doubt that this will be snapped out of your hands in no time Gloria. Do you do exhibitions, if you don't, you really should start. Congratulations on a beautiful piece of art. Cheerio,woollywotnots

Reactive Glass Testing Results!

Hints & Tips For Glass Artists

Buy long kiln posts and cut them into shorter lengths using your ring saw or tile saw! Twice as many posts for the same money!Buy Stainless Steel Cocktail Shakers and use em' upside down as floral formers . . cost about 1/4 the price of a proper floral former!Buy a kiln shelf and cut it into strips using your ring saw or tile saw! Loads of kiln forming dams for a lot less money!